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Wordpress Web Design, WordPress theme design & development, Designing websites at affordable WordPress prices.Sun, 18 Nov 2018 20:46:21 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8CreativeWebDesign123-WordpressWebDesignhttps://feedburner.google.comPage Speed: How it impacts your SEO & improve your Google Rankings‎http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CreativeWebDesign123-WordpressWebDesign/~3/2xcvbjSffBM/
https://creativewebdesign123.com/page-speed/#respondSun, 18 Nov 2018 15:13:19 +0000https://creativewebdesign123.com/?p=13623Why Page Speed Matters and Ways to Improve It! Page speed is defined as the length of time it takes to display all the content on a specific page or the length of time it takes for a browser to receive a web server’s first byte. Though similar, page speed is not the same as site [...]

Page speed is defined as the length of time it takes to display all the content on a specific page or the length of time it takes for a browser to receive a web server’s first byte. Though similar, page speed is not the same as site speed. Site speed is the average of several sample pages on a website.

Got 10 seconds? Probably. But I bet you won’t spend it waiting for a web page to spin, sputter and load. I hate that. You hate that. And search engines hate that, too. But if your site is lightning fast, everyone will love you.

Page speed is important to users because, well, faster pages are more efficient. Per a recent Kissmetrics infographic, if a page takes longer than 3 seconds to load, over a quarter of users will click away. Mobile users expect speed, too. In the same survey, 73% of users reported visiting a website that loaded too slow. Page speed also affects conversion rate. For example, Walmart.com noted that with every second of increased page speed, they saw a two percent increase in conversion.

Google uses a multitude of factors to determine how to rank search engine results. Typically, these factors are either related to the content of a webpage itself (the text, its URL, the titles and headers, etc.) or were measurements of the authenticity of the website itself (age of the domain name, number and quality of inbound links, etc.). In 2010, Google announced that page speed would impact your website ranking. It actually refers to the time a visitor have to wait until your page is completely loaded. On average, a page load for e-commerce website takes 7 seconds meanwhile the ideal load time is around 3 seconds or less.

As a matter of facts, it has an impact on your audience user experience. A bad UX can cost you a loss of revenue if your target have to wait too long to get what they are looking for. They will just close your website. And above all, a slow page load is penalized by the search engines and has an impact on your ranking, both on mobile and desktop devices. Google says:

“A search result for a resource having a short load time relative to resources having longer load times can be promoted in a presentation order, and search results for the resources having longer load times can be demoted.”

Actually, Google compares your site to your competitors on a specific segment and attributes a bonus point whether you are the fastest. But be careful, that marks is not given unilaterally : it takes in account the country, device or network.

So, there is a few factors you should focus on to improve your page speed.

What can lower your page speed?

Your host: you get what you paid. In the long run, a cheap offer can damage your page speed. Pick the right host that fit to your business size.

Too large images: images which are too heavy to load can really lower your page speed. It is often due to extra data included in the comments or to a lack of compression. Prefer PNG for images that do not require high details like logos and JPEG for photos.

External embedded media: external media like videos are highly valuable but can largely lower you load time. To gain some load time, host the videos on your own server.

Unoptimized browser, plugins and app: you should test your website on all browsers since they do not load your site in the same way. Moreover, apps like Flash can seriously lower your page speed.

Too much ads: more than just bothering your visitors, lots of ads have the drawback to slow down your page speed.

Your theme: some highly designed themes containing a lot of effects can penalized your load page.

Widgets: some social buttons or comment areas can have an impact of your page speed.

Double-barreled code: if your HTML/CSS is not efficient or too dense, it will lower your page speed.

While page speed is important to Google and for your rankings, it does also impact your user experience. And it is not a secret that a positive user experience often leads to better conversions.

A fast website creates a good user experience in many different ways:

if you sell a product, having fast pages will help your visitors quickly understand what you have to offer and complete your order forms.

if you generate revenues thanks to advertising on your content, a fast website will ease your visitors to navigate from page to page and will increase your total of page views per user.

Actually, pagespeed relies on different elements. But for some types of websites, like ecommerce ones, pagespeed should be your top priority as a bad one could cost you a lot. For instance, Walmart found out they were the fastest retail website compared to sites like Amazon or eBay. They decided to increase even more their speed performances and it results that:

‘For every 1 second of improvement they experienced up to a 2% increase in conversions

For every 100 ms of improvement, they grew incremental revenue by up to 1%’

Thus, a small decrease can result in significant loss of conversion rate as people will be more likely to abandon their shipping or exit your website.

How to Check Page Speed & What to Do About it

While checking your website from various computers and mobile devices can give you a good idea of the “real world” feel of your site, consulting actual data is required to see how much progress you’re making while trying to speed things up. There are several tools available to do this, a few examples being Pingdom Website Speed Test, Gtmatrix, and Web Page Test,. These tools can analyze your site and provide detailed information regarding page speed from both the desktop and mobile index perspectives.

We can help you to speed up your website. Give us a call to speed up your site.

WordPress Websites: Reducing Page Load Time

WordPress Websites: Reducing Page Load Time. You have very little time to show users your content and convince them to stay on your website. A slow website means users will potentially leave your website before it even loads.

There are many different factors that can slow a website load speed down. Creative Web Design 123 can provide a WordPress speed audit on your website with recommendations on fixes.

As your WordPress website grows, it will need optimized to handle the increase in traffic and page loads. Creative Web Design 123 can help! We specialize in the best WordPress optimization techniques for your website. Whether you have a large WordPress website, or a single WordPress corporate Website, we can help speed up your site, handle higher traffic loads, caching, database optimization, and more.

Speed Analysis Services

Web Optimized Images

Optimize and Combine JavaScript and CSS

Integrate Caching and CDN Network for Media

Server Level Caching and Config

Plugin Recommendations

Whether you run a popular blog, or a fortune-100 website, Creative Web Design 123 has the experience and knowledge to help speed up your WordPress website.

]]>Six Warning Signs Your Business Website Is Outdated. An updated website can make a huge difference for your business, Your website needs to keep improving. Finding signs that your website needs a redesign.

As the technology keeps expanding, so does a website’s need to keep improving. Trends are here to day, gone tomorrow, they are hot one day, and almost forgotten the next. Unfortunately some outdated web design trends are still around, and they really have to go! Some outdated web design trends and habits just don’t seem to go away peacefully, so we are calling them out!

How do you know when it’s time to update your website?

It’s not always an easy question to answer. You might love the design that was developed a few years ago or have a personal stake in the layout that makes it hard to be objective. As long as your website still generates some leads it’s good enough, right? You personally may not see any issues with your website… but what about your prospects and customers? The Internet moves quickly and you don’t want to be left behind because of personal bias or worse—because you haven’t been paying attention to how your site is performing.

1- Your site looks like it was designed years ago.

While web design is subjective there are styles that are decidedly not. A few years ago websites were designed to fit in one browser window configuration. Home pages were squeezed in ‘above the fold.’ And it was common to see designs boxed in with margins of colors—or literal boxes. Those designs feel very outdated in an Internet that is now focused on flow. Today’s websites make better use of the space in which they are viewed and are responsive to best fit the user’s viewing choice. Navigation flows in different ways and site pages are far from boxed in.

2- Your sales team is embarrassed to give out the URL

Perhaps the strongest sign your website needs a redesign? Your sales team stops telling prospects and customers about it. A good website is one that your sales team wants to pull up on a sales call and use as a tool to close the deal.

3- Your site is more than 5 years old.

While there’s no hard and fast rule for how long a website should last, there have been a lot of advances in technology, best practices, and how Google ranks sites in the last few years, so if your site is more than a handful of years old, it could probably benefit from some level of overhaul.

4- Your site is not delivering the traffic, leads and conversions you expect.

If your website is getting a little long in the tooth but still gets results for your business, there’s probably no reason to mess with a good thing. But if you’ve seen significant drop-offs in traffic and leads, your visitors are clearly not finding what they’re looking for, and you might want to consider a site upgrade to bring them back.

5- All your competitors have newer websites.

While it’s true that you should do what’s right for you rather than blindly following what others are doing, if your competitors have websites that look and work better than yours, you’re going to be at a significant disadvantage. If your website is lagging behind competitors, consider an update to propel you to the front of the pack.

6- Small changes are difficult or impossible to make.

Making small changes or updates to your site, like adding a blog post, updating an event, or changing a product description, should be easy for anyone on your staff to accomplish. If your website is built on a platform that is difficult to work with, or that requires a third party to make even the simplest updates, consider a new website built in an easy-to-use content management system (CMS).

These are only a few signs that you site is outdated, and needs to be updated.

If you are not certain which web design trends you should incorporate, and which you better avoid, don’t worry. Simply reach out to us instead. We would be happy to go through the various options and help you avoid outdated web design trends.

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https://creativewebdesign123.com/wordpress-website-services-we-offer/#commentsMon, 29 Oct 2018 01:58:31 +0000https://creativewebdesign123.com/?p=1669Services We Offer at WordPress Website Design Toronto With any business it’s essential to create a professional image and put the tools in place to operate successfully. If you have an idea of where you would like to take your business, feel free to contact us to discuss our web design, graphic design, internet marketing [...]

Services We Offer at WordPress Website Design Toronto

With any business it’s essential to create a professional image and put the tools in place to operate successfully. If you have an idea of where you would like to take your business, feel free to contact us to discuss our web design, graphic design, internet marketing & SEO services in Toronto, Canada. We specialize in easy to manage WordPress CMS Websites.

Our web design team consists of highly skilled and creative designers that can build you the website you have always wanted for your business. We understand that website designing requires creativity with constant innovation, marketing features and usage of modern techniques to make your website appealing and to grab the attention of your target audience.

You’re working, and creating a successful business with amazing ideas, it’s time for your website to reflect that. That’s where we can help with our WordPress expertise.

Our website design services are designed to meet the size and scope of your budget. We offer you the ability to hire professional website designers on a full-time or part-time basis. This allows you flexibility in both the length of the project and the overall cost. Additionally, for on-going long term work, you can choose to hire a dedicated designer or team to work with you on any number of projects. In comparison to our competitors, the quality of our work and the prices that we offer to our clients is unmatched. You simply can’t get better service or quality. Our website design services include:

Website maintenance Services

Website maintenance is very important for any website whether it is small or big. After a website is designed and developed successfully, it has to be kept updated over a period of time by way of changing content, adding additional features and modules in the website, etc. To accomplish that you need to have good website backend system in you the webmaster has provided content management system whereby can manage the content of the website. You need to have a website maintenance plan where you need to think what all needs to be removed and what new features are to be added in terms of website design and website development. Based on the plan, you can look to outsource website maintenance work to the company providing website maintenance services who can accomplish the task for you.

Why We Prefer WordPress?

We want to be your source for anything WordPress in Toronto, Canada. Most of the sites we create are on the wordpress CMS (content management system) platform. WordPress is the current leader for CMS websites. A CMS website is much preferred because of the ease of updates and the fact they are extremely search engine friendly. You can easily login to your wordpress site to update it, edit any text, photos, and content in a matter of minutes, with no uploading to a FTP or any coding needed. It is as simple as editing text in microsoft word, and speaking of word you can paste content from word directly into wordpress and it will include all the formatting automatically.

To upload photos or edit a photo gallery its as simple as browsing for the file on your computer and clicking upload. WordPress has a built in powerful blog system, which is a great way to show your credibility and to show off your skills, products or latest news. The best part about a blog is every word in your blog entry is searchable, it will be automatically added to google and you will find that at least 50% of your traffic will end up coming to your site via your blog. WordPress also automatically lets google know when you make any updates on your site, so your potential customers can find it.

If you own a small business and your web designer told you that a new CMS website will cost you a fortune then you are in the right place, because that means that you are looking for alternatives. We are your Toronto base WordPress web designers alternative .

Custom Web Design

We’ll work with you to create the perfect website design to represent your organization on the web. Our design team has the creative talent to appeal to your sense of style, the training and knowledge of modern web design practices and the ability to turn your ideas into reality!

Websites which are updated frequently stay more relevant on the search engines. We can update your website with your supplied changes, keeping it looking fresh and up to date. We also update your plugins and monitor your website security and provide an Secure SSL Certificate to encrypt data.

Mobile Responsive WordPress Development

Our websites are mobile responsive, user-friendly and custom designed to your specifications. We build within WordPress to give you the ability to easily update your website in a browser. We offer training so you can manage your website yourself or send changes to us.

Ecommerce Store Setup

We setup online stores, custom styled and integrated with your shipping and payment processors. A backend interface allows you to update products and categories, track sales and customers, run specials and print packing slips. Customers can login and view orders and update their profile. Secure SSL Certificate provided to encrypt data.

Secure Hosting & Support

Web hosting is what makes your website accessible via the internet and is vital to displaying your web content online. We offer exclusive hosting and support to our clients on dedicated top-of-the-line servers, backed by one of the top ten largest hosting companies in North America.

Hire dedicated WordPress Developers from Us

At Creative Web Design 123, we have some of the best WordPress CMS programmers with more than a decade of experience in completing various CMS projects. They have business acumen and are able to understand the exact requirements of the clients to create business centric and powerful CMS for their business. With us, you can hire developers either part time or full time and they will work dedicatedly on your project until it is completed. For any WordPress development needs, talk to our executives and they will help you with effective business solutions.

Unsure as to what you need to enhance your brand or online presence? Contact us to set an appointment to discuss your priorities and goals, we will build a custom package aimed at your specific target market.

Creative Web Design 123 is working to simplify your internet presence with our newly launched Ready-to-go Websites. We are offering Ready-to-go Websites in 3 Easy Steps. Start today! Each Ready-to-Go Website begins as a fully functional website right out of the box, pre-populated with content to get you started. We have already design Ready-to-go Websites for rapid development of your own website, tailored to your needs.

Your Pre-built website today! Starting from $2500

Professionally designed Web page templates with color-scheme and photo combinations provide you with many options. You really can own Website even if you have no technical skills. Open your Internet browser, select your images and type your text. Just like that, your site gets built or updated.

Get a head-start building your site with a WordPress WebSite pre-built templates. Page titles, navigation buttons and layouts tailored to your interests are all built right in. You simply replace the text and images with your own, and your site is ready for the Web. It’s easy!

How does it work?

We offer all your needs to create a professional-looking, successful and FUN site. All that’s holding you back is your imagination!

Choose a layout. View our Ready-to-go Websites layouts and choose one that best meets the needs of your website, or let us choose one for you.

Send us your info. Complete a questionnaire and/or send us an email to provide us with the information we need to build your website.

We create your website!

We build your website based on the information and choices you have provided. Once the site is ready, we send it to you for review. We provide you with an instruction manual for managing your website. DONE.

Professionally Designed Website

Color Customization

Includes SEO

Launched in 2 week!

The clock starts when all content, photos, and logos have been uploaded to us. Once we get your content, we get to work and build your site. You get to relax.

How come you only charge a fraction of what other web designer companies charge? Two reasons: a) We use pre-built templates, customised with your branding, to speed up development time (many web design companies do this anyway) b) As part of the deal we get your ongoing web hosting business (many web design companies do this anyway but we factor this in and absorb some of the cost of building the website)

What am I getting for the money? You get a professionally designed and developed website built on an easy to use content management system (CMS) which allows you to update and expand your website.

Can I expand my website and add additional features? Yes, your website will be set up so that it is easy to expand. It will be easy for you to add additional pages to the website yourself (We will explain how to do this). Adding more complex features and functionality to the website will also be possible, however it will typically involve additional development work which we or another web developer of your choosing can perform.

Simply put… it’s an entire website pre-created for you. Ready for you to customize and GO!

Toronto’s Best Value Website Design Packages.

You’ve got no more excuses for not having your website up and running, so what are you waiting for? Fill up our form here, and we’ll contact you to talk more about how you can get started in your project.

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https://creativewebdesign123.com/website-too-slow/#respondMon, 15 Oct 2018 01:39:55 +0000https://creativewebdesign123.com/?p=1856Is your website slow? Did you know that your site speed is a ranking factor in Google search results? Speed of loading is extremely important for any website. It is observed that visitors tend to visit other links in the Google Search results, If your website does not load within seconds. We had the experience [...]

]]>Is your website slow? Did you know that your site speed is a ranking factor in Google search results?

Speed of loading is extremely important for any website. It is observed that visitors tend to visit other links in the Google Search results, If your website does not load within seconds. We had the experience of losing about 40% of the visitors, when our website ran slow for about 10 %.

A few extra seconds could have a huge impact on your ability to engage visitors and make sales. This means that having a fast site is essential — not just for ranking well with Google, but for keeping your bottom-line profits high.

Having a slow running website is a nightmare because it can put potential customers off of buying through your site or readers from viewing your articles and information. After all, no one likes a website that runs slow and takes what seems like hours to load, do they?

When it comes to WordPress, many factors come into picture which affect the blog / website load speed. These things may not matter for the websites that serve static pages. All WordPress sites pages are rendered dynamically, loading the content from database.

Some important factors are

Hosting Server, their uptime.

PHP version.

How powerful is the server in terms of resources.

Availability of features like, sub domains, gzip compression.

Speed of executing SQL queries.

We faced problems in the past of loosing visitors when the speed was not optimal.

A fast loading website can also get more page views, lesser bounce rates and higher conversions.

With our WordPress speed services, we strive to provide a minimum of 100% speed increase or get the sites to load within 4 seconds.

Here are some of the strategies we follow to increase page speed.

If you need professional help auditing your WordPress blog for this security issue, we are offering this service for $100 per one WordPress installation. We will get back to you at once and fix the issue in one business day.

WordPress is a wonderful blogging software for bloggers and businesses to promote their products. Unfortunately many WordPress sites have delayed response times. This can cause customers and readers not to return to their site.

In Conclusion

Website page load speed depends on a variety of factors such as unoptimized images, a high number of HTTP requests, bulky codes, and JavaScript issues to name a few. It can be a difficult task to figure out what exactly is causing the website to slow down. No matter what the root cause might be, you should leave no stones unturned to get to the bottom of the issue.

Contact us for more information or post your questions to the comments below.

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https://creativewebdesign123.com/affordable-websites/#commentsSun, 14 Oct 2018 16:41:37 +0000https://creativewebdesign123.com/?p=1793Affordable Websites for Small Businesses! Search Engine Ready. Mobile Ready. Business Ready. A beautifully designed, professional and affordable website that helps you generate customers. No tricks. No Gimmicks. Just a sharp website for your business. Getting your brand new website live is easy! We have a huge variety of ready-to-go themes for you to choose [...]

A beautifully designed, professional and affordable website that helps you generate customers. No tricks. No Gimmicks. Just a sharp website for your business.

Getting your brand new website live is easy! We have a huge variety of ready-to-go themes for you to choose from. A website is a critical part of your businesses ability to make money. You don’t have to spend a fortune to make a fortune. Your new affordable website is right here.

We offer a range of website options and pricing plans to suit most requirements and all budgets.

We give you the option to host your site or we will host it for you You own your own domain (important) You work with a real live person You get a site that is recognized by the search engines that you can modify on your own Perfect for the start-up business, artist, small non-profit, or resume!

These affordable WordPress themes are pre-done. The website will look just like they appear here. You will need to fill in the words on the pages using the easy Content Management System. If you need a custom built website, custom work for done-for-your websites such as logos or just help with extra changes please use the hourly packages at Get a Quote.

Ready Made websites allow you to start your own online business without hassle of developing new website. We have ready made web sites for you. You can select the already made website that you need. We can take care of web hosting, domain name registration and even installation of the any additional component (like a Newsletter, YouTube videos, at an economical price). You can spend your time on business plan, we have all type of ready made websites for you. WordPress Websites for Today’s Economy – Affordable websites shouldn’t look cheap, Affordable doesn’t mean ugly!

Advantages of Our Ready made Websites: You will get functional ready to use web site. We setup your script free of cost. You don’t have to be a web designer. We provide domain name registration and web hosting. Accept payment online through PayPal! We will give a fully working WordPress website, so you can get started instantly and start making money! This is a true WordPress driven Website, it comes completely installed for you on your chosen domain. Each website well over $1200 dollars. These sites are now fully equipped with RSS, Video and Photo Albums, and much more, and yes, you can customize with any image, video, or text you like.

Let’s look at the details of what you get with this Website Special….

1 design mockup

+ 2 design revisions

+ 4 pages

+ 1 gallery (you provide the images, and 12 images per gallery)

+ 1 contact form

+ optional blog

Hosting FREE for the first month. Subsequent years are billed at $8 per mo [$96 annually]

Domain, & Maintenance is extra.

One new document per web page (Simple Word Doc)

Turn-around Time: 1 day

You can purchase a website that is completely ready to go – you don’t need to do anything and can have it up and running as soon as you upload it to your server. Ready made” websites which are built ready to take away and promote. We’ll even help advise on the best ways to get traffic to your sites. Everything is handled from within the blog admin area so you can add new pages and categories very easily – there’s no need for any separate software or html design skills.

This is a working sample of the deal

Also, since we are SEO specialists, you receive incredible value from our website design prices because the price includes consulting advice on how to create the optimal search engine friendly design and basic search engine optimization of all content pages. This alone can be worth the entire cost of your website if it were billed separately! ⓦ

Let’s get your website on the go!

No worries – Creative Web Design 123 WordPress Websites has got you covered! Contact us now to get the ball rolling on your new website.

FAQ

Absolutely! All of my styles have been mobile tested and approved. All websites I create are mobile responsive. I test each and every new website on the most commonly used browsers; Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and also on a range of devices (wide screen, laptop, iPad, iPhone etc) to ensure each element displays as intended.

It’s definitely not for people who think making money online is easy — even though we’re giving you a way to shorten your learning curve, you still have to learn and have a passion to succeed.

People who think that you can make millions of dollars overnight, or that affiliate marketing is the best way to get rich quick — while you can get rich, anything worth having takes time to build, and time helps you appreciate your success even more.

And people who are going to get in their own way, constantly chasing every new bright shiny object that gets put in front of them, and those who purchase products and services only to let them sit on their hard drive and collect dust.

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https://creativewebdesign123.com/startup-custom-website-development/#respondFri, 12 Oct 2018 06:15:34 +0000https://creativewebdesign123.com/?p=14684"Web presence is everything these days." Why Successful Startups Need Good Website Design. So what is it that separate the successes from the failures? Let's find out. These five rules will help you get started in starting a startup site. You probably have been performing incredibly well, as a startup or even as an established [...]

]]>“Web presence is everything these days.” Why Successful Startups Need Good Website Design. So what is it that separate the successes from the failures? Let’s find out.

These five rules will help you get started in starting a startup site.

You probably have been performing incredibly well, as a startup or even as an established business, without a professional website. But have you stopped to think what boost your already phenomenon sales would receive from a custom website? And this doesn’t just mean an electronic version of your sales brochure. But a carefully-strategized site solely designed to engage, inform and convert your online audience to potential sales. This guide helps you identify what you might be missing out on due to lack of a business website in addition to listing down the various must-have features of a professional site.

Here are the benefits of a Custom Website Development.

1. Boosts your brand authority

With the world finally turning into the envisioned global village, such marketing tactics as word of mouth and direct mails are now obsolete. Today, attention has shifted to the internet to not only check available products and services for sale but to check brand authenticity. And you won’t achieve this with a Facebook page. You need a more authoritative and serious business outlook in the face of your potential customers. Such authority can only be achieved through the Custom Website Development or update of your exiting company website.

2. Increase business visibility

Both online and offline businesses ranking on the first page of the main search engines like Google are always testifying about the massive traffic and sales such rankings bring their way. And you too can, but first, you need a professionally designed and interactive website. Otherwise, you are invisible to the online market. The saddest part is that you aren’t just invisible; you are also missing a big part of the online market. We must remember that customers first search online before buying offline, you just can’t afford to be invisible.

3. It is cost effective

Understandably, most start-ups are cash strapped. With so much at hand and yet too little finances, each dime counts. Nonetheless, if they are to achieve any returns on investments, marketing has to be given priority. But it’s not just any other form of marketing. Unlike the traditional direct mails or newspaper and television ads for opening a business, you can do it from home if you have an appropriately customized website. If you are to achieve this level of exposure, you need a professional wholesale package in web development and maintenance as well as excellent multi-platform solution and technical support.

4. Helps you beat or catch up with competition

One of the best things about the internet is that it has a funny way of leveling businesses. In most cases, it isn’t about the size of the company behind the face of the website, but the professionalism involved in crafting the site. Professionalism and rich web content not the size of business gets you views and conversions. Therefore, your small startup can leverage on this grounds so as to catch up with big-name companies within the industry or even outshine them. If you have an established business website with continually dwindling website conversions, consider updating or redesigning your site.

5. Helps amplify your other online marketing strategies

From Google Local Business, Pinterest to Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter, and Yelp; almost every business has an active marketing campaign on either or all of these platforms. But it all trickles down to the company website in the determination of sales conversations. Each of these marketing platforms, with their sales levels notwithstanding, should be used to complement a business site and not the vice versa.

Must have features for a new or active business website

Not long ago, website design involved no more than picking a suitable template, slapping your content on it, and waiting for it to rank. Today, however, different Google search algorithm changes have redefined the webs design sphere thereby making the entire process quite overwhelming. Nonetheless, when looking for a professional website designer, ensure they can include the following must have features into your new or updated company website:

Proper navigation tools

Incorporation of an SSL site security certificate

Social media integration tool to all your social media pages

Mobile friendly version (responsive)

Reliable hosting

In Conclusion

If hiring a professional agency for your startup is something you’re interested in, be sure to do your homework on the agency you select before you hire. Ask the right questions and chose the professional agency that is right hire for your business.

A custom website development is a great way of positioning your new business online. It not only helps you establish your brand and boost its visibility but also helps you site catch up with competition at an affordable price. Nonetheless, all these will not be possible if the custom website isn’t professionally designed to include all the must-have features such as security adherence and mobile-friendliness as per Google’ s terms of service. Take the first step towards an optimized business website or Custom Website Development in Toronto by calling us at 647-403-2052.

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https://creativewebdesign123.com/custom-website-development/#commentsWed, 10 Oct 2018 00:01:40 +0000https://creativewebdesign123.com/?p=2162Toronto's Custom Website Redesign Services | Combining Brains & Beauty for your business. Our pride and joy comes from the unique, innovative and search engine friendly web designs we offer to all of our clients. For any company looking to attract more online customers or establish brand-awareness, having a custom web design is the best [...]

Our pride and joy comes from the unique, innovative and search engine friendly web designs we offer to all of our clients. For any company looking to attract more online customers or establish brand-awareness, having a custom web design is the best way for you to create a superior web presence that won’t be forgotten!

Having a website is not the most important aspect of having an online presence. We have seen time and time again, companies who have websites created where the look, functionality and user-experience has sent the wrong message to the business’s target market.

After a few years a website can look tired and be in need of a fresh, new look. As with other marketing collateral, eg. business cards, flyers, brochures, etc, the styles and colours can date quite dramatically. This will make your website visitors feel that perhaps the information is no longer current or worse, that your business is in decline and no-one is looking after your website. We’ve all visited the blowing-in-the-wind abandoned website!

So, where do you start? Now that you know how your customers use your website and what information they need to move them from looker to buyer, you are wiser than when you first set out. This website re-development phase is the perfect opportunity to hone your website as sales tool. We can use your knowledge to deliver a new and improved version of your website that works harder to sell your products/ services.

Our design / implementation process is as follows:

Planning your website in consultation

Design phase

Add content

Publish to your hosting account – existing or we can move you across to our servers.

Websites do occasionally need an overhaul, whether to contemporize their look and feel, or perhaps to solve navigational problems. We enjoy taking on established websites and being given the opportunity to redevelop, redesign or just add a little sparkle with a touch of our own design skills.

Your website is most definitely the FIRST and probably last contact your prospective clients or partners get in touch with. Why risk your market credibility with a website that does NOT accurately reflect your business which is in fact, evolving and thriving in the marketplace?

We’ll keep you informed of progress all the way, from our initial design concepts, through to the completed project and we’ll only put the site live once you are totally satisfied with everything.

As we design your website makeover specifically for your business we will supply a quote after the initial consultation. Alternatively, if you have a specific budget – do let us know so we can work within it.

We don’t simply identify problems. We deliver recommended constructive changes that ultimately point to the health and success of your business. We’ll work with you to design a custom website as unique as your business.

We treat every work as it were own. We never compromise with our quality of service in any condition. We complete the client’s requirement with in the given time and budget including regular update of work. You will be amazed at how hard we will work to ensure that your company’s story is told with all the flourish and flair it deserves!

Simply, our goal is to develop the perfect website design, corporate identity, or mobile app to suit your business needs, and maintain a close relationship growing for years to come.

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https://creativewebdesign123.com/makeover-facelift/#respondTue, 09 Oct 2018 01:01:15 +0000https://creativewebdesign123.com/?p=2232Does your Website need a Makeover? Any website you built 2007 is old and busted, customers might be leaving your site because it looks dated (you could be losing potential customers faster than you can say “dial-up modem.”). Chances are, the last time you updated your site, it didn't include links to social media or [...]

Any website you built 2007 is old and busted, customers might be leaving your site because it looks dated (you could be losing potential customers faster than you can say “dial-up modem.”). Chances are, the last time you updated your site, it didn’t include links to social media or even a blog.

If you’ve been wondering lately whether or not your website needs improving, I’ve put together a short-list of reasons you probably should invest in a new site. With this in mind, remember, the purpose of your website is to generate leads, not to impress your friends.

You’re not converting leads on your website: Your website’s most important job is converting visitors into leads. If your website isn’t doing it’s job, you need to do the same thing you would with any other employee — fire your website and get a new one. Every single page, blog post, and entry point on your website should be focused around that one goal — getting more leads into your business.

It Just Looks Outdated: Let’s face it: web design trends are changing rapidly, and if your website is a few years old, it may just look outdated. Maybe it’s an obvious thing like your copyright info still saying 2009, or you have a musical intro when a visitor lands on your site, or maybe it’s the whole site that’s the problem. Websites have evolved quite a bit over the years. Today, it’s all about clean design and easy navigation. If your site is a cluttered mess that looks outdated, it’s time for a redesign. According to a study by ResearchGate, 94% of people say that websites with good designs are more trustworthy. It’s important that your customers and potential customers trust you, and a strong re-design can help make that happen.

You’re Embarrassed to Give Out Your Site: For any of the reasons mentioned above, or maybe for some reason I didn’t mention, if you’re embarrassed to give your URL out, it’s definitely time for a website update! Your website is an investment in the future success of your business, and it’s important to view it that way. Having a strong online presence is no longer optional. In addition, your website can be the vehicle that helps you achieve your goals of better awareness, more leads and ultimately more happy customers.

Local Search: Just because your website is accessible all over the globe, it doesn’t mean that you can ignore local customers. Even in an era where sites like Amazon can send you anything from appliances to food, local search is still becoming more relevant. According to Clix Marketing, 72-percent of consumers who did local searches visited a store within 5 miles. As you’re getting ready to launch your redesign, make sure that there are some local markers such as listing your business address, using your city/locality as a keyword, and getting links from locally relevant sites.

Poor navigation: When your website structure is difficult to navigate or just plain messy looking, it can be a real turn-off to visitors. Streamlined, modern web design goes a long way toward turning curious website visitors into customers.

The competition looks better than you: If your competitors’ message and look outshine yours then you might need to make a change. The idea is to stay ahead of the curve without copying your competitors’ marketing for the sake of keeping pace. If you don’t look and sound equal to or better than your competitors, then there is no reason for consumers to do business with you. Determine what differentiates you from your competitors and what benefits you can deliver to consumers that your competitors cannot. Once you know what those differences are, make sure the world knows them, too through your branding and marketing efforts. While first impressions can be crucial, online consumers can move quickly. If they can’t determine who you are, what you do and how you can help them in three seconds or less, they’ll pass you by. Make sure the first impression you make is clear, concise and quick.

Unprofessional Photos: If the words “clip” and “art” can be used to describe the graphics on your website, you should really rethink your life choices. Create quality graphics, or at least to utilize stock photos to bring your web design into the 21st century.

Social media, and Contact online forms: The fact of the matter is, potential customers today are more likely to contact you online first rather than pick up the phone. If you don’t provide an email address or online contact form, chances are you’re significantly reducing your successes. Integrating social media on your website by including direct links to your company profiles takes this one step further by encouraging the public to interact with your business directly on platforms like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

Mobile-device friendly: If your business website is not mobile-device friendly, you have a problem. Mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) are gaining ground on traditional desktops as the primary mode of searching the internet. If almost a third of your business website visitors are using a mobile device, it’s vital to ensure your site is optimized accordingly!

Search engine optimization issue: Is it harder to find your website than Waldo? If your business website isn’t showing up in online searches, you have an obvious search engine optimization issue. Essentially, you want original content that’s updated on a regular basis, outside links to your site from other major websites, pages that load quickly, and website structure that’s friendly to search engines.

A website is a valuable tool for marketing and streamlining a business. With a website, pricing or product information associated with business costs can be updated in the blink of an eye- an option not available with paper based literature or advertising. A good business website will attract visitors and convert them into paying customers.

It is not unusual for a website to outgrow itself and become less effective over time.

A website will also open up an opportunity to boost your customer service options, allowing your customers a chance to communicate about those special deals and products via the quick and easy channels of e-mail.

I’ve heard the excuses a million times: “I’m just a tiny business… Why would I need to build a website?” “Designing a website sounds like so much work… Would it be worth it?” “Why bother? My customers probably won’t even look at it.” The truth is, many small businesses should have a website.

Don’t let your competition take over your position! Most companies today use internet to search for suppliers. In case you don’t own a web presentation, but your competition does, your competitor gains a competitive advantage and is likely to take over your business. Therefore, you should not wait any longer. You should become the one, whose internet presentation reaches new customers.

With just a few pages, you can have a website that gives your business tangible benefits such as:

Customers will find you on the internet.

Giving new contacts an easy way to learn more about you.

Making updates easier and less expensive than printed materials.

Providing a place for all the information you need to answer prospects’ questions.

Making your company look professional and established, while extending your brand.

Helping you find and connect with new clients.

Enabling you to hit the business goal you’re reaching for.

Your friends can promote your business.

Website is cost-effective.

Product catalog on a website.

These are just a few of the benefits your business can gain from a website. Of course, it takes an investment of time and money to get a website designed, coded, hosted, and occasionally maintained. But when you think of the project in terms of the payback you’ll get, you can see that creating a simple website is well worth the effort.

Obviously, a company website is the versatile tool for business, no matter what your trade. The ability to individualize and mold it into a service that fits your every need makes it a nearly priceless investment for your company.

Considering a Makeover for Your Website?

Ultimately, it is your decision whether or not to pursue a website redesign. Sometimes, the problems mentioned above can be overcome with the assistance of a web development company without committing to a full redesign. However, if you find that your problems are increasing, that you are facing several of these issues at once, or that you are suffering significantly reduced business, a website redesign might be just what you need.

Let us help you give your website a facelift? Contact us for website design today.

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https://creativewebdesign123.com/migrating/#commentsMon, 08 Oct 2018 08:08:03 +0000https://creativewebdesign123.com/?p=1814Learn about the benefits of Migrating your Static HTML to a WordPress. Migrating From a Static HTML to a WordPress Is Easier Than You Think! WordPress is the user-friendly and open source. Learn the Benefits of Making the Move. We can help you in migrating your old content into WordPress. You can keep your existing [...]

Learn about the benefits of Migrating your Static HTML to a WordPress.

Migrating From a Static HTML to a WordPress Is Easier Than You Think! WordPress is the user-friendly and open source. Learn the Benefits of Making the Move. We can help you in migrating your old content into WordPress. You can keep your existing design for the new WordPress theme or can even avail our WordPress designing services to get a fresh look.

WordPress is the most widely used Content Management / Blogging System used on earth. Updating a static website is like creating a new plate every time you need to change a text on the brochure. Everything you need to change a word, you have to pay for it (because you have to edit the raw HTML). Migrating a website (including the design) over to WordPress is actually easier than you might think.

WordPress is an open-source blogging software that has turned into a full content management system (CMS). It is used by some of the largest companies in the business world including eBay, Yahoo, Digg, Ford, Wall Street Journal, People and Sony just to name a few. Companies like eBay have their WordPress blogging sites custom designed. Creative Web Design 123 is available to custom design your site using expert WordPress design professionals who will provide your blog with a custom design that far exceeds any blog made with a pre-made template.

Why do people use WordPress? Mainly because it is user-friendly and open source. Most website owners don’t want to have to pay for an expensive system and don’t want to have to deal with a steep learning curve. This means that the amount of time necessary to have the website designed, developed, and launched is as long as it takes for you to write content and pick a template. Speed and efficiency make WordPress the most popular CMS for blogs.

Popularity of WordPress

WordPress was created to manage blogs as a personal publishing system. It is based on PHP and MYSQL. The software is now the most used blogging content system in the world. Currently, WordPress is used to power over 60 million websites on the Internet. WordPress is used by mainstream businesses, online news outlets and government Websites.

We can offer the same kind of excellent design features as the most popular blogs on the Internet. Our designers are not only experts in migrating your business site to a WordPress custom designed websites. Your WordPress business websites / blog will get noticed and it will bring you new business. If you already have an existing WordPress site, we can service all of your custom WordPress design needs including maintenance, bug fixes, training and server migrations. If you need a new blog designed, the WordPress design professionals at Creative Web Design 123 are here to produce user friendly and unique blogs and web sites. As part of our offerings, we can also help ensure your blog site is search engine optimized with the kind of keywords that will drive business to your site. In addition, your blog will be integrated with your own branding.

Can I Use WordPress to Power My Entire Website? Yes! That’s What Content Robot Calls a Blog-Powered Website! While it looks and acts like a regular web site, blog-powered websites allow you to easily extend functionality (like e-commerce, calendars, and newsletters) at a fraction of the cost of traditional web site add-ons. We take advantage of WordPress software, along with its many plugins and 3rd-party tools to add and customize features.

Some Popular Features You Can Easily Add to Any Blog-Powered Website

Social media integration allows you to feature your content on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and more.

Slideshows and galleries can provide great visual impact for offerings.

Blog comments encourage feedback and interaction from your readers.

Contact forms allow visitors to easily reach out to you.

Website forums allow your fans to get involved in the site.

Visitors can keep up with your news by subscribing to your site via RSS.

Sending newsletters via email to showcase your latest offerings.

Fun elements like contests and surveys can be featured without design constraints.

In Conclusion

Our excellent web developers make sure that your traditional HTML website never misses out on anything that the WordPress CMS has to offer. We also integrate SEO-friendly coding and techniques like Semantic coding into your new WordPress based web design, so that you get to experience an improved visibility for your website.

So, if you are looking for the best HTML to WordPress conversion options for your web project, we have the most competitive rates to offer for the best sort of project delivery.